Button-stripper.



E. AJOHANSON. BUTTON STBIPPER. APPLICATION man Dams. 1911'.

Patented Aug. 13, 191&

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Batented Aug. 13,1918.

Application filed December 15, 1917. Serial N o. 207,388.'

To all lwwfwz't mayrconcern:

Be it known that I, EMIL JoI-IANsoN, a citizen'. of-the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Strippers, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a button stripper especially adapted to remove shoe buttons that have been sewed to a shoe, preparatory to fasteningnthe buttons onto the shoe by patent fasteners.

Another object of my invention'is to provide in a button stripper, means for stripping buttons having different lengths of eyes.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a button stripper, a cutting knife that may be readily removed therefrom for sharpening.

VAnother object of my invention is to'provide in a button stripper, means for retaining the buttons stripped from a shoe.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a button stripper, means for passing the button stripped from a shoe into a retainer adapted to be placed into a machine for permanently fastening the buttons to the shoe.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafterA described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specication.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front-view of my improved button stripper; Fig. 2 is l a side view of the same; Fig. 3 is a front View of my preferred construction of stripper, adapted to receive a button container; Fig. 4 is a rear view of a container adapted to be held by the stripper shown in Fig. 3, and also adapted to be placed directly into a button fastening machine, and Fig. 5 is a side View of the stripper shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a side view of the container shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 5, the stripper comprises a forked knife holder 1, to which yis fastened by a flat spring 2 a sprocket 3, the spring 2 being preferably riveted to the lmife holder 1.

Carried in a flattened aperture 4, extending transversely through the knife holder at an acute angle to the: slot v 5, between the' forks of the knife holder, isa knifeV 6, the cutting edge? ofwhich extends-at an acute angle across the slot 5.

It will be noted that the knife 6 and the aperture 4 are tapered, as shown in Fig. 3,

so the knife is held firmly in the aperture 4 but may be readily removed therefrom by pressure at the end 8.

The spring 2, as well as the socket 3, is also slotted, as at 9, and buttons 10, which Y have been stripped from a shoe by the knife 6, will pass through the socket'3 with the eyes riding in the slots 5 and 9.

If the holder 11, Fig. 4, has its end 12 inserted in the socket 3, the buttons will be fed into the holder or container vand be restrained from falling out of the far end by springs 12, `which are of such strength that, while they will prevent the buttonsrfrom falling through the container, will allow them to be forced through with a slight feeding pressure.

Thespring 2, between the socket 3 and the knife holder 1, allows the stripperto work equally well on buttons having eyes of ,different lengths, as the height of the holder from the shoe leather where the button is sewed maybe readily adjusted by slight pressure exerted against'the tension of the spring 2.

As an alternate construction I extend the socket 3, Figs. 3 and 4, so as to form a container 13, Figs. 1 and 2, and buttons stripped by the knife are then fed directly into the container 13 and restrained from passing through it b v the shutter 14, hinged the end of the container 13, the buttons may be fed directly intofa container of the style shown in F'ig. 4, from which they may be fed into an automatic button fastening machine. Y

It will benoted that the slot 5, Figs. 1 and 3, terminates in an enlarged aperture so as toV allow the thread to be cut by the knife 7 to have a distinct sliding motion against the edge of the knife and make the cutting of the thread require less direct pressure.

While I have described my invention and illustrated it in two lparticular designs, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to these constructions, as it is evident that the application of my invention may bc varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims: l. In a button stripper the combination 5 of a forked knife holder having' a 'tapered flattened aperture extending' transversely thereof, a tapered knife positioned in said aperture and across the space between the forks of said forked knife holder, and a but- 10 ton container socket carried by said forked knife holder to receive therein a button container and pass buttons stripped by said ,knife into a Container placed in said socket.

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EMIL J CHANSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

